All
commercial litigators can benefit from the newest edition of
Business and commercial litigation in federal courts, a
tremendous research tool published as a joint venture between
the American Bar Association Section of Litigation and
Thomson Reuters. This Fourth Edition provides both the
seasoned federal practitioner and the junior associate with
practical and thorough analyses of just about every
procedural and substantive issue that arises in commercial
cases while simultaneously offering strategic pointers from
distinguished judges and federal litigators. Robert L.
Haig’s treatise carefully dissects the anatomy of a
federal case by discussing substantive and strategic concerns
at every stage of the litigation process, such as: pre-suit
analysis of federal claims; pleadings, discovery and motions;
trials and appeals; and post-judgment enforcement mechanisms.
It also highlights the ethical rules that are applicable at
each stage. The Fourth Edition includes twenty-five brand new
chapters, as well as significantly revised sections on
substantive areas of the law that are routinely litigated in
federal court (which are analyzed in seventy-eight chapters).
Securities, antitrust, banking, contracts, insurance, sale of
goods, intellectual property, professional liability,
business torts, franchising, and remedies are just a few
examples of the many subject areas covered in the
treatise’s 153 chapters. This fourteen volume series is
also accompanied by a Cd-ROM that provides useful and updated
forms, checklists, templates, and jury instructions.

Regardless
of whether a particular chapter is devoted to a substantive
practice area or to a type of motion governed by the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, the treatise is unique because it
combines detailed explanations of the applicable substantive
law along with checklists and practice pointers that
emphasize tactical and procedural techniques. This hallmark
of the Fourth Edition provides the busy litigator with an
invaluable tool by supplying him or her with both scholarly
explanations of developments in particular areas of the law
and useful and practical advice on the procedural concerns
relating to these substantive areas. Whereas other treatises
tend to address either federal procedure or particular
substantive topics, every chapter in the Fourth Edition
includes comprehensive analyses of thorny legal issues
juxtaposed with practical and straightforward checklists and
accompanying notes with pragmatic “how to” tips.
All litigators will find this useful and efficient. After
reviewing a single chapter, the experienced practitioner can
rest assured that he or she has received a complete review of
new developments in this area of the law. Similarly, the
junior associate will receive an excellent primer which sets
forth both “the big picture” of the legal issues
as well as numerous sample pleadings and discovery templates
that explain “how” to approach the various stages
of a case. Indeed, the Fourth Edition goes beyond merely...